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Laura Read Sprabery, M.D.

Position
Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine

Education / Training
  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - B.S. in Molecular Biology; 1979 - 1983
  • University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MD - M.D.; 1983 - 1987
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN - Internship & Residency; 1987 - 1990
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital, UT Track B, Memphis, TN - chief resident 1990-92

Current Positions
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee
  • Medical Director, Medplex Medicine Clinic
  • Director, Pathophysiology Course in the College of Medicine, University of Tennessee
  • Co-Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

Honors
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Fellow, ACP/ASIM
  • Voted "Physician Champion" by nursing staff at BMH, April 2000

Relevant Publications
  • Sprabery, L. Adult Immunizations. In Ling, F (ed): Primary Care in Gynecology. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, May 1996.
  • Sprabery LR. Immunization. In Vogt V, Elmore T, Ling F (eds): Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinics of North America. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 2001.
  • Connelly S, Sprabery LR, Bailey JE. Perceived impact of TennCare reform in a medical teaching practice. Tennessee Medicine, March 2006.
  • Bailey J, Sprabery L. Inequitable funding may cause health care disparities. Arch Intern Med 167:1226-1228, 2007.
  • Vasquez S, Campbell J, Hamann G, George C, Sprabery L. Anticoagulation clinic workflow analysis. Accepted for publication in J Am Pharm Assoc.
  • Ramser K, George C, Hamann G, Kuhl D, Dorko C, Sprabery L. Implementation and evaluation of a pharmacist-managed diabetes consultation service in an academic internal medicine clinic. In preparation for submission.
  • Ramser K, Hamann G, Sprabery L, George C. Evaluation of the appropriate use of proton-pump inhibitor therapy in an ambulatory Medicaid population. In preparation for submission to the Annals of Pharmacotherapy.